Press Teleconference with Lester Brown on Declining U.S. Carbon Emissions

Press Teleconference with Lester
Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute and author of
World on the Edge, on U.S. carbon emissions down 7
percent in four years, with even bigger drops coming. Posted
November 2, 2011.

Between 2007 and
2011, carbon emissions from coal use in the United States dropped
10 percent. During the same period, emissions from oil use dropped
11 percent. In contrast, carbon emissions from natural gas use
increased by 6 percent. The net effect of these trends was that
U.S. carbon emissions dropped 7 percent in four years. And this is
only the beginning. For full report, visit
the EPI website.

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